Proverbs 12:26:2Prov.12.26.W2TAB
מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ
mereehu
“than his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- me-re-E-hu
- Extended
- mee-reh-EH-hoo
- IPA
- /meː.rɛˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- than his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-re-E-hu
- clause
ya-TER me-re-E-hu tsa-DIK
- sentence
ya-TER me-re-E-hu tsa-DIK ve-DE-rekh re-sha-IM tat-E-em
Exegesis
The construct phrase mere’eihu {מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ | mē-rē-’â-hû} ‘than his neighbor’ marks the comparison’s reference.
Root and etymology
r-‘resh–ayin
“evil, bad”
In context — Proverbs 12:26
A righteous person is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 12:26, so the Hebrew word מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ (mereehu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.12.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.26.W2.S1) and character.